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Show I (ID Gil Bill- ! i STILL SOI BOUT '"red Alkire Proves Submarine Subma-rine Qualities of Car Can i Be Depended Upon. ! ' It is, a slow rlay when one I'aniiot K"t story on tlif Ford. Most of thorn ; je, humorous, but. when all is said and Mono the averatto person knows the , 'orrl h "some,'' automobile. It' some Orson should say a Ford ear had ai-.fi-enrally been sunk in a lako, buried i ndor sixteen feet of water tor two "nontlis, then was brought to the sur-ace sur-ace and was m good as ever, it must e admitted that including its many ! mod qualities the F'ord is "some snb-; snb-; tiarine. " Such is the story of a Ford "nr, now the pruperty of I'red Alkire V the Alkire Smith company, local 'jesters for the, vehkde. '; The Ford in question is of the rnnn-iout rnnn-iout t.vpn and is the first ear sold by 'hn AlkireSmith eompanv when they i jpotiod for husiness in Salt. Lake in : 012. Tt was purehased by the Mosida Vnit Land company and was used prin-upally prin-upally between Mosida and the towns n the east shore of Utah lake. Last 1 vlnter, while driving across the lake I 1 in the ice. the car fell through and I Vas apparently lost. About two months 1 ater the. owners fished the car out and : left if hich and dry on the bank. The J ; 'ar was purchased as it stood by Fred ' Mkiro, because Fred knew a little thing i ike two months under water would not ! uirt a Ford. Fred made the trip down i ;a the lako and after cleaning the rust ; ut of the electric firing system put jasoHnc in the car and drove it home. ! It was given a coat of paint and a rdctitiful application of brass polish aud ' i'red has a Ford runabout practically as i'nood as new. He now drives it around iiie streets of Salt Lake, ft looks like 'a new 1916 model and Fred declares ' : it will make some of the higher-priced i cars "go some" to keep up with its dust on the country roads, paved streets lor heavv canyon climbs. |